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>SDL_GetVideoInfo</H1
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>SDL_GetVideoInfo&nbsp;--&nbsp;returns a pointer to information about the video hardware</DIV
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>#include "SDL.h"</PRE
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>SDL_VideoInfo *<B
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>This function returns a read-only pointer to <A
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